10. Approval of revised methodology to award discretionary grant funds to school districts to provide partial funding for a universal screener in language arts/reading and mathematics for students in grades K-3 (Office of Instructional Enhancement & Internal Operations)

12. Approval to submit the ESEA Waiver Flexibility Request to the US Department of Education (Office of Instructional Enhancement & Internal Operations)

13. [PULLED]

14. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process:
To approve request from Vocational Career/Technical Education for revision to licensure endorsement title and approval of new license codes as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure Development (Office of Quality Professionals & Special Schools)

15. Approval of request from the University of Southern Mississippi for Masters Degree Program in Educational Leadership as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure Development (Office of Quality Professionals & Special Schools)

16. Approval of request from the Mississippi University for Women for Masters Degree Program in Educational Leadership as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure Development (Office of Quality Professionals & Special Schools)

17. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To approve a new Praxis test for Economics and Cut Score as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure Development (Office of Quality Professionals & Special Schools)

18. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise Accreditation Policies in the Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards, 2010, pending approval of legislative amendments to Section 37-17-6 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended(Office of Educational Accountability)

19. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process to remove/establish the following State Board Policies(Office of Educational Accountability)

20. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To add Grades 5 and 8 Science to the Mississippi Statewide Accountability System to be included in the 2013 Accountability Results (Office of Educational Accountability)

23. Approval of contract with eScholar LLC to provide services for the Mississippi Department of Education’s Business Intelligence System (Office of Educational Accountability)

24. Approval of contract modification with the Office of the Attorney General to provide the full-time equivalent of four attorneys and one full-time administrative assistant to perform support services for legal staff for the State Board of Education for FY 2012 (subject to Attorney General’s approval)(Office of Educational Accountability)

B. Approval to award competitive contract to Foster Farms to provide corn dogs
to local organizations in the State Food Purchasing Program(Office of Instructional Enhancement & Internal Operations)

C. Approval of the Mississippi School of the Arts 2012-2013 Staff Handbook (Office of Quality Professionals & Special Schools) D. Approval of the Mississippi School of the Arts 2012-2013 Student Handbook
(Office of Quality Professionals & Special Schools)

26. Approval of appointment of Education Bureau Manager for the Office of Reporting (Office of Educational Accountability)

27. Approval of appointment of Director of Accountability Services for the Office of Accreditation (Office of Educational Accountability)

28. Approval of appointment of Director of Accountability Systems for the Office of Accreditation (Office of Educational Accountability)

29. Approval of appointment of School Finance Officer for the Office of Internal Accountability
(Office of Educational Accountability)

30. Approval of salary adjustment of Bureau Director II for the Office of Management Information Systems (Office of Educational Accountability)

31. Approval of salary adjustment of Bureau Director II for the Office of Management Information Systems (Office of Educational Accountability)

32. Approval to reject all submitted proposals for the administration, management and operation of school districts in conservatorship(Office of State Superintendent)

VII. Recognition Ceremony

Most Improved School Districts

Canton Public School District
Carroll County School District
Chickasaw County School District
Copiah County School District
East Tallahatchie Consolidated School District
Marion County School District
Stone County School District

Presidential Awards for Excellence in
Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST)

2011 State Finalists for Science

Lucy McKone
Enterprise Attendance Center
Lincoln County School District

Teresa Ware
Tupelo High School
Tupelo Public School District
2011 State Finalists for Mathematics

Jenny Simmons
Saltillo High School
Lee County School District

Lynn Speegle
Oxford Middle School
Oxford School District

Jennifer Wilson
Northwest Rankin High School
Rankin County School District

2010 National Awardee for Science

Kristen Wheat
South Side Elementary School
Picayune School District

February 2012 MDE Employee of the Month

Dale Allen
Combined Services at Mississippi School for the Blind/Deaf
Branch Director II